Today is the Afterfeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and the Feast of Saint Gregory of Nyssa.
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A tabernacle, also known as an artophorion, is a container on the altar table of an Eastern Christian Church specifically used to reserve the Eucharist, the presence of Jesus Christ.In the Eastern Church, the reserved Sacrament is kept in the tabernacle on the altar table at all times. The tabernacle is usually elaborately decorated, normally wrought with gold, silver, or wood and precious adornments. The tabernacle is often shaped like a miniature church building. Every year on Holy Thursday, the priest consumes whatever is left of the reserve sacrament and places some of the sacrament left over from the Holy Thursday Divine Liturgy into the tabernacle. The presence of Christ in the tabernacle is always indicated by a vigil lamp, burning perpetually.
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